How do I delete an iCal event without sending notifications?

Question

If I try to delete an event on iCal, it offers me these options:

Cancel
Delete and Notify

What if I want to delete without notifying?

I'm running iCal 5.0.2 on OS X 10.7.3 using an Exchange account.

Edit: Using an Exchange account.

If you came to this page because you're getting iCal spam, your best option is to block future spam using this technique: http://1wayswim.com/blog/2016/11/23/how-to-stop-icloud-calendar-spam There isn't much you can do about spam that's already there. — Scott C Wilson, Nov 27 '16 at 13:14

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 19 '13 at 14:36

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You can move the event to a local calendar. When deleting you will then get the additional option "Delete & do not notify".

answered Feb 19 '13 at 14:36

Matteo

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Moving to a local calendar as outlined in Matteos answer has several issues: a) it's not an option if you're using iCloud (as that'll disallow local calendars) b) in Mavericks, although the option to "Delete & do not notify", the notification is sent nevertheless! – benpeter Jun 19 '14 at 01:10
@user959380 The answer is from 2013 and it was possible :-) You could have iCloud calendars and local calendars. – Matteo Jun 19 '14 at 06:19
According to the comment above and this thread (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3705591?start=15&tstart=0), moving to a local calendar does give the option to not notify but still sends the notification. – Justin Jan 05 '16 at 18:03

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 22 '14 at 20:26

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In the end, I created a new calendar specifically to move event invites to, which I don't want to see anymore. Then I hide that calendar.

answered Jul 22 '14 at 20:26

Feuermurmel

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This is the only working solution. Essentially a "deleted" calendar. – Justin Jan 05 '16 at 18:04

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 19 '16 at 17:32

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As Feuermurmel says, you can create a new calendar and move it there. But instead of hiding the new calendar, you can just delete the calendar. Worked well for me; the event is gone with no notifications.

answered Apr 19 '16 at 17:32

user180336

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 15 '16 at 18:16

I ended up doing the following:

create a new iCloud calendar
select the invite, and chose the new calendar in the calendar drop down on the info pane on the right
select and right-click the calendar on the calendars pane on the left and chose delete
pick the option delete and do not notify

I hope this helps.

score 2 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:45

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If you use iCloud the Calendar App will not allow you to create local calendars. The following answer helps.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:45

Community

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answered Oct 09 '14 at 13:42

Paidhi

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered May 10 '12 at 21:34

A couple of years ago I wrote a script to do this. It's all at http://thefragens.com/blog/2010/04/dont-send-ical-replies/

The gist of it is the script will automatically alter an AppleScript inside the iCal package. It does not effect the code signing. The script also has a method of reverting itself. You'll likely have to install the changes each time iCal is updated.

NB: It won't work with Exchange accounts.

The zip file has the install bash script, a modified and an unmodified AppleScript.

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 06 '16 at 06:48

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Instead of deleting, cut the event and it will be gone:)

answered Jul 06 '16 at 06:48

Manxiu Zhan

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This doesn't work (at least in El Capitan). It will notify the sender. – Scott C Wilson Nov 25 '16 at 13:11
Does not work in Big Sur – Mick Dec 14 '20 at 14:07

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Nov 20 '19 at 08:09

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If your calendar provider has a web interface, you can instead delete it there. Eg. in Google Calendar you can right click on event and "Mark as Spam".

answered Nov 20 '19 at 08:09

Martin

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